Global Citizenship

Our work focuses on providing access to justice, serving organizations with a social or environmental mission and promoting the rule of law and good sovereign governance

We are supporting the IFRC Global First Aid Reference Centre (GFARC), hosted by the French Red Cross, with research to establish first aid providers’ liability and identify gaps and best practices.

Our investment in education extends to training for practicing lawyers and judges. We applied a tailored approach for lawyers in The Republic of The Gambia in collaboration with the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP).

Our long-time pro bono client Conservation International structures innovative financing for nature conservation and climate change projects.

We work through the courts to enforce legal obligations and unlock funding for education in several US states.

Our intellectual property lawyers help ZSL secure rights to the technology to monitor endangered animals.

Our lawyers analyzed how legal accountability can promote the delivery of education for the millions of school-aged migrants worldwide.

When the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) received a grant to create a training program to sensitize judges globally about the importance and impact of reproductive rights, they turned to us to help create a model curriculum.

We are assisting in the development of a Global Disaster Risk Management Law & Policy Index for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

We also invest in programs that help diversify the pipeline of young people interested in careers in law or law firm management.

Our lawyers co-authored a white paper with the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group that calls for the creation of a sustainable collateralized loan obligation market to combat climate change.

We added a new partnership with the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship at New York University School of Law to our growing roster of programs for law students.

We are conducting a crucial legal review to inform the UN as it considers creating the world’s first universal environmental charter.

Corporate and Disputes lawyers come together to represent a juvenile lifer

New York partner Steven Lutt helps a longstanding pro bono client realize her dream.

New York associate Patricia Alejandro spent a week working pro bono at Port Isabel Detention Center (PIDC). Here is her account.

New York Partner Owen Pell gives an insight into his work on genocide prevention.

Cameras can improve justice, but it is necessary to be vigilant for misuse

Our people mobilize to support earthquake relief and reconstruction.

Working with leading global organizations, we are supporting efforts to deliver long-term peace, end conflicts and help states meet post-conflict international obligations.

A New York team helps achieve a landmark settlement for disabled New Yorkers seeking shelter

Following the opening of Bhutan's first law school, we speak to the school's Dean, Sangay Dorjee, and Vice Dean, Michael Peil, to get the inside story.

Our Mexico City lawyers provide pro bono representation in a transformative round of capital investment for Grupo Aliada.

Justice for all – it's a cornerstone of the US legal system, but it's a statement that often falls short of its promise. Our pro bono work aims to change things for the better.